[mythtv-users] Feature suggestion: Set record from URL

[Ben Brown]

I like this idea.  People could turn on the feature and once a day  myth 
would submit what they are recording to a global database.  Then we 
could sort in all the standard ways (most popular, least popular,  most 
popular by genre,  location etc. )

Even set it up so  users could  have a user account.  You could track an 
individuals recording preferences and make suggestions based on  their 
myth setup.  Then you could say "people  who recorded XYZ also recorded 
ABC, DEF, GHI, etc."

Ben

Tony Maro wrote:

> The thread on "What do you watch" got me to thinking...
>
> What about integrating a feature through the myth web browser that you 
> can select a link on a site to trigger a recording setup.  It would 
> automatically set a show to record at any time on any channel.
>
> With a feature like this, users of Myth could publish pages of what 
> hot shows they watch and you could just click the link to set a 
> "record on any channel at any time" for that show name.
>
> We've seen people ask for some of the Tivo like force-feed options 
> (why?) and this would kind of solve that need as well.  For instance, 
> you go to my site and I could have a page that says "if you like 
> Stargate SG-1, try the following shows:" and then list similar sci-fi 
> content as a custom URL link.
>
> Of course this means a URL handler would need to be registered. 
> Something like:
>
> mythtv://Stargate%20SG-1/once/Window&20Of&20Opportunity
>
> would set it to record the Stargate SG-1 "Window Of Opportunity" 
> episode next time it's on.
>
> mythtv://Stargate%20SG-1/all
>
> would of course record all episodes on any channel from here on out.
>
> To take it a step further, I could list a website of all stargate 
> episodes with MythTV links so if there was a specific episode you 
> hadn't seen, you could just click the link and your MythTV would 
> record THAT episode next time it's on (even if 3 months later.)  (I 
> still haven't seen the one where Daniel dies/transcends.)
>
> Of course all URL recordings must be able to record on any channel, 
> because everyone's channels will be different.
>
> Just a thought...
>
> This could even be implemented with a separate app that handled the 
> URL and fed the data into mySQL.  That way it could even be run on the 
> desktop PC and feed the programming across the network to the backend 
> or mySQL server.  Heck you could even write it in PHP pretty easily 
> I'd think.
>
> -Tony
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>_______________________________________________
>mythtv-users mailing list
>mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>  
>